Besides a brief meeting with Germany's Chancellor Merkel and France's President Hollande there was not a great deal - beyond I'm told a supply of espressos, haribos, and fruit - to fill the small hours as Brussels negotiators put pressure on other countries to accept a squeeze.

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It seems I need to increase the variety of fruit and vegetables but cut down slightly on portion sizes...and when Easter finally arrives I'm going to make my chocolate eggs last a very, very long time.

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